frægn

Old English

Alternative forms

• freġn, freġen, fræng

Etymology

Related to the verb frignan (“to ask”), from Proto-West Germanic *fregnan. Compare Old High German frāgan and frāga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fræjn/

Noun

fræġn n

1. question
2. inquiry, interrogation

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fræġn	fræġn
accusative	fræġn	fræġn
genitive	fræġnes	fræġna
dative	fræġne	fræġnum

Synonyms

• friġenes

Verb

fræġn

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of friġnan

Derived terms

• freġnan
• fræġning, freġnung (“questioning, interrogation”)

Descendants

• Middle English: fraign, frayn